Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes words are harder than blows.
Words are like weapons; they wound sometimes.
If you really understand something, you can say it in the fewest words, instead of thrashing about.
Most of us learn to read by looking at each word in a sentence - one at a time.
When a kid can understand that a word can mean two things, there's some real thinking going on. They have a vested interest in finding out what a word means, because it's the punch line to a joke.
It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last.
Many people must have noticed the intense attention given by children to the conversation of grown-ups when they cannot possibly be understanding a word of what they hear. They are trying to get hold of words, and they often demonstrate this fact by repeating joyously some word which they have been able to grasp.
I used to like the word of the day and when I read, highlight words that I didn't know and look them up.
Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult.
I find words really hard.